There is a dire need for well stocked libraries run by trained librarians in deserving primary schools. More than 16 000 public schools in South Africa do not have libraries...
According to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Report for 2011, South Africa has a literacy rate of 88% and sits at number 113 in world literacy rankings. However, if we look at the countries that are still ahead of South Africa, we can see immediately that South Africa’s literacy rate is well below its potential.
Despite Zimbabwe’s economic problems, it has a literacy rate of 91.9% and it is number 95 in the world. Despite great advances towards better education, South Africa lags behind Zimbabwe, Namibia, Equatorial Guinea, Lesotho and Libya. Botswana has a literacy rate of 77.7% while Mali and South Sudan are at the bottom of the list of 183 countries with 26.2% and 27% respectively.
The literacy rate is not a measurement of high-level training and education. It simply measures the percentage of people with the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently and think critically about the written word. Our children’s poor level of literacy is harming their future.
80% of the 22,000 schools in South Africa have no libraries. This means that there are 17,600 schools without libraries. Reading skills obviously suffer, as there is inadequate access to books and a safe environment to encourage reading. This lack of libraries contributes towards the poor literacy rate and low pass rate in schools without libraries.
The Bright Kid Foundation Booktainer® program provides a very effective solution to this problem.
The Booktainer®
We deliver 12 M Booktainers® which serve as very well laid out libraries with 48 linear meters of steel reinforced shelving. Our MANTAG certified Booktainers® have all the usual Edutainer® finishes, including:
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07 June 2013
"The library has been an outstanding success. It is used daily and the children love it. We have used it to introduce a reading competition called ‘The Battle of The Books’ which has raised interest in reading throughout the school. It recommend it very strongly to all primary schools"
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